‘Framing-Risk’

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During a global public health disaster, information is only empowering if it is understood properly and ultimately used to prevent further infections and deaths. What are the variables that prevent certain people from refusing (or even incite rebellion against) measures to mitigate the spread of the virus? Some studies suggest that defiance of COVID-19 mitigation guidelines may be a combination of emotions and rational choice considerations. This leads to the question, what are some of the challenges in most effectively framing risk? And the related question, ‘what are the dominant narratives of COVID-19 Messages? In this chapter we will explore how a number of COVID-19 messages convey important narratives through semiotic analyses. We will analyze some of these messages as they are portrayed in various media.

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